Jonathan Coupe said: "Estimated by who? The Iraqi government, with every interest in inflating their claims, and a moral record that a repel a hyena"

I'm not sure how the estimate was made, but it is a fairly acknowledged estimate of the civilians in Iraq killed during the Gulf War.

Plus, the Iraqi government is probably in the best position to know how many of its civilians have been killed. If you apply vested interest in governments when they make this kind of estimate, I presume you are also claiming the US government is exaggerating the people killed in New York this week. Knowing that that would be a stupid thing to do, may give you some idea of how I consider your comment above.

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